Seven Shigella Cases Reported at Camillus Applebee’s – 9,000 Exposed

The Onondaga County Health Department has confirmed seven cases of food-borne illness in people who recently ate at the Applebee’s in Camillus. County Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow says all seven people had contracted Shigellosis. The Shigella bacteria, Morrow says, is associated with consuming water or food contaminated with fecal matter.

Those who are confirmed ill ate at the restaurant on either Saturday, March 7th or Sunday, March 8th, but the overall window that the Health Department is looking at is between Sunday, March 1st and Friday, March 20th. Up to 9,000 people may have been exposed to the bacteria. The health department waited until Tuesday to announce the illnesses because it had sent stool samples to the lab, and had just gotten the results back.

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Produce Guy

The Produce Industtry has taken hit after hit after hit….The our industry has reacted to offer a safer product to the consumer…Shigella Bacteria is passed from person to person via whatever the infected person handles becomes contaminated… In the case of Applebees…someone didnt was their hands and then handled someones food thus cross contanination. It really had nothing to do with the food itself… and everything to do with the food saftey practices of the applebees in question… I would be interested to see what the health Department scores of this unit is… In my State the Health Department posts the Restaurant score at the front door…anything lower than a 99%…I turn around and walk out the door…The seven people have good case …

About Bill Marler

Bill Marler is an accomplished personal injury and products liability attorney. He began litigating foodborne illness cases in 1993, when he represented Brianne Kiner, the most seriously injured survivor of the Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.